# PL9

Postcode district covering Plymouth, Plymstock and Elburton, in Plymouth and South Hams.

PL9 is a postcode district covering Plymouth, Plymstock and Elburton, in Plymouth and South Hams. Median sale price £307,500 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code PL9. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [PL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PL9 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £307,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PL9 was £307,500 in 2025. Joint 1,042nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 30,500** (2021). PL9 had 30,500 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 894th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in PL9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.9%** (January 2026). In PL9, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=PL9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in PL9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=PL9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 699 homes were sold in PL9 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=PL9) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PL9.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=PL9) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PL9 had 30,500 usual residents at the census.

## How PL9 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | PL9 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £307,500 | 10th most expensive | 35 postcode districts, PL · 2025 |
| Population | 30,500 | 6th most populated | 36 postcode districts, PL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 36 postcode districts, PL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.9% | 9th highest | 36 postcode districts, PL · Jan 2026 |

## Is PL9 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL9 at a rate of 43.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 115 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (688), other crime (266) and anti-social behaviour (173).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL9 was 50.2 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in PL9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL9 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in PL9

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Plymouth 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015126) | 1,531 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| [Plymouth 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015127) | 1,454 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.8% |
| [Plymouth 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015131) | 2,430 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| [Plymouth 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015132) | 1,492 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [Plymouth 030E](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015133) | 1,458 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| [Plymouth 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015136) | 1,471 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.7% |
| [Plymouth 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015137) | 1,779 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| [Plymouth 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015138) | 1,884 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.3% |
| [Plymouth 031E](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015139) | 1,441 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| [Plymouth 031F](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015141) | 1,763 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| [Plymouth 031G](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01034157) | 1,868 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.7% |
| [Plymouth 031H](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01034158) | 1,128 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| [Plymouth 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015128) | 1,548 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| [Plymouth 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015129) | 1,372 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| [Plymouth 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015130) | 1,553 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Plymouth 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015134) | 1,532 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.5% |
| [Plymouth 032E](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/neighbourhood/e01015140) | 1,434 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| [South Hams 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams/neighbourhood/e01020185) | 1,475 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.3% |
| [South Hams 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams/neighbourhood/e01020186) | 1,387 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 16.9% |
| [South Hams 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams/neighbourhood/e01020187) | 2,594 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.9% |

## Your MP

- [South West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-west-devon): Rebecca Smith (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in PL9

[Plymstock Elburton](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/plymstock-elburton), [Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/plymstock-goosewell-and-staddiscombe), [Plymstock Hooe & Oreston](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth/plymstock-hooe-and-oreston), [Wembury, Brixton & Newton Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams/wembury-brixton-and-newton-ferrers)

## Postcode sectors in PL9

[PL9 0 (126 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9-0), [PL9 6 (1 postcode)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9-6), [PL9 7 (220 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9-7), [PL9 8 (375 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9-8), [PL9 9 (295 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9-9)

## Councils PL9 covers

[Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth), [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams)

## Towns in PL9

[Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth)

## Postcode districts next to PL9

[PL1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl1), [PL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl7), [PL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl8), [PL95](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl95)

## Nearest rail stations

[Plymouth (5.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-4.1433,50.3778)

## More in the PL postcode area

[All PL postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## PL9 in brief

PL9 is a postcode district covering Plymouth, Plymstock and Elburton, in Plymouth and South Hams.
About 31,495 people lived in PL9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £307,500 in 2025 across 699 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 43.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL9 was £307,500 in 2025.
PL9 had 30,500 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in PL9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PL9, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PL9
- Postcode area: [PL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl)
- Constituency: [South West Devon †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-west-devon)
- Council: [Plymouth †](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth)
- Area: 41.85 km²
- People, mid-2024: 31,495*
- Neighbourhoods: 20
- Output areas: 102

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[PL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl8), [PL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl7), [PL1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl1), [PL95](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl95)

## Latest updates for PL9

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/PL9

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl9